Vol 

 1903 



* IL ] Hall, Notes on Bird-skins from \ N '.W '. Australia. 4 I 



Swallows (A. cinereus), seeing the Hawk coming while they 

 were perched in a tree and the Hawk still 200 yards away, rose 

 directly high into the air. One was singled out, and the Hawk, 

 keeping below it, drove it still higher into the air. Going still 

 higher, the Swallow then turned and made for the ground, with 

 the Hawk in close pursuit. It was a wonderful sight to see 

 the Hawk, not more than one yard in the rear, following every 

 turn of the bird pursued. Three times the Hawk missed his 

 blow. When within 20 yards of the ground it made its final 

 attack, and succeeded in securing its prey. Then, shooting into 

 the air some 40 feet, it dropped to the ground. 



115. NlNOX OCCIDENTALIS (Ramsay), Western Winking-Owl. 



Ninox connivens-occidentalis, Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., 

 vol. i., 2nd Series, p. 1086 (1886). 



Adult skin, male, 19/2/02. 



Base of bill and cere yellow ; irides and feet yellow. 



116. Ninox OCELLATA (Hombr. and J acq.), Marbled Owl. 

 Ninox ocellata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. ii., p. 170 (1875). 



Adult skin, male, 12/3/02. 



[Irides yellowish-brown ; bill brown, at base bluish-grey ; 

 cere and feet bluish-grey.] 



117. Cisticola exilis (Vigors and Horsfield), Grass- Warbler. 



Cisticola lineicapilla, Gould, Birds Aust., fol., vol. iii., pi. 43 (1848). 

 Cisticola ruficeps, Gould, Birds Aust., fol., vol. iii., pi. 45 (i< 

 Cisticola isura, Gould, Birds Aust., fol., vol. iii., pi. 44 (i< 

 Cisticola exilis, Gould, Birds Aust., fol., vol. iii., pi. 42 (1! 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. vii., p. 269 (1883). 



a. Adult skin, male, 9/3/02. 



/;. Immature skin, male, 16/3/02. 



c. Young, 14/3/02. 



[This species is fairly numerous in the Brooking Creek Gorge, 

 Oscar Range, but at Livuringa it is the second time seen. Specimen 

 a swelled out its throat when singing to the size of a pea-nut.] 



118. Pomatorhinus RUBECULUS (Gould), Red-breasted Babbler. 



Pomatorhinus rubeculus, Gould, Birds Aust., fol., vol. iv., pi. 21 

 (1848); Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus,, vol. vii., p. 421 (1883). 



Four adult male skins, 1 1/5/02. 



[a. Found nest to-day (20/9/00) with three young in it. 



b. Found nest with three eggs in it, December. I saw the 

 birds turning over all curled leaves, and looking within them 

 for insects. 



c. Found nest, 6/2/01, with two eggs.] 



119. Geopelia CUNEATA (Latham), Little Turtle-Dove. 



Geopelia cuneata, Gould, Birds Aust., fol., vol. v., pi. 74 ; Salvadori, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. xxi., p. 462 (1893). 



One adult skin. 



